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symfony/http-client
===================

Provides powerful methods to fetch HTTP resources synchronously or asynchronously

v8.0.7(2mo ago)2.0k314.0M—7.6%5120MITPHPPHP &gt;=8.4

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HttpClient component
====================

[](#httpclient-component)

The HttpClient component provides powerful methods to fetch HTTP resources synchronously or asynchronously.

Resources
---------

[](#resources)

- [Documentation](https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/http_client.html)
- [Contributing](https://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/index.html)
- [Report issues](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/issues) and [send Pull Requests](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/pulls)in the [main Symfony repository](https://github.com/symfony/symfony)

###  Health Score

85

—

ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages

Maintenance93

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity80

Widely adopted with strong download metrics

Community58

Growing community involvement

Maturity96

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 64.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~7 days

Total

357

Last Release

56d ago

Major Versions

v6.4.33 → 7.3.x-dev2026-01-27

v7.4.5 → v8.0.52026-01-27

v6.4.34 → v7.4.62026-02-18

v7.4.6 → v8.0.62026-02-20

v7.4.7 → v8.0.72026-03-06

PHP version history (9 changes)v4.3.0-BETA1PHP ^7.1.3

v5.0.0-BETA2PHP ^7.2.9

v5.0.0PHP ^7.2.5

v5.1.0-RC2PHP &gt;=7.2.5

v4.4.9PHP &gt;=7.1.3

v6.0.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=8.0.2

v6.1.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=8.1

v7.0.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=8.2

v8.0.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=8.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47313?v=4)[Fabien Potencier](/maintainers/fabpot)[@fabpot](https://github.com/fabpot)

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Top Contributors

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